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This old tree has lush foliage, like a sky-covering canopy. Its trunk requires ten people to encircle it, standing alone in a place where no other vegetation can compete.
Its tree face is狰狞, with a wide-open mouth, and countless vines dance and whip towards Jiang Wen.
But Jiang Wen, standing before it, merely uses a wooden whip to deflect these vines. Then, he takes out a fire orb and places it in front of the old tree.
“Leave for now, and I will spare your life,” Jiang Wen says.
Upon seeing the fire orb, the old tree trembles as if a mouse seeing a cat, retracting its vines. The face on the tree reveals a sorrowful expression, then merges back into the tree.
Tiger and Chang音 are released, and Chang音 rushes to Jiang Wen's side, reaching out to teach the old tree a lesson. Jiang Wen, seeing her action, stops her.
“The old tree did not harm you, do not take its life.”
“But just now it imprisoned both me and Kui Dou, isn't that a provocation?” Chang音 says, unconvinced.
“Yes, yes. It was this tree demon who attacked first,” Tiger chimes in.
“You're not a麒麟, are you?” Jiang Wen asks, standing before it.
“麒麟is merely what you imagine in your heart; I am only manifesting in the world as it. If you wish, you can call me Dream Dragon,” the auspicious beast, calling itself Dream Dragon, looks down at Jiang Wen. Its body is like a lion or tiger, its head like a dragon. Its body is covered in silver scales, its tail like a snake, the end of its tail like a fish. Its limbs have claws, and white whiskers flutter from its cheeks. Its face is dignified and majestic, like a mythical beast from legends.
“Dream Dragon?” Hearing this name, Jiang Wen stares at it in astonishment. He had heard this name before, when he went to Yun Ze.
It is said that Yun Ze is made up of the dreams of Dream Dragon, so there is often a thick fog. But Dream Dragon is a legendary being, and now it actually appears in this Pure Yang Cave Abode, which is truly surprising.
“Judging from your tone, you seem to have heard of me?” Dream Dragon's voice comes.
“I have heard rumors about you,” Jiang Wen nods, and tells it the legends of Dream Dragon.
After hearing these words, Dream Dragon's face reveals a kind smile: “I am merely a creature born of heaven and earth, how could I have such great abilities.”
“Why are you here?” Jiang Wen asks.
“I merely agreed to a request from Pure Yang Zhenren, to test the visitors again for him. Everything you saw just now was not an illusion, but a transformation of this 神木林. But your heart is very kind, and I am quite satisfied, so I will allow you to pass.”
As Dream Dragon speaks, the horn on its head emits萤光. The trees and plants of the surrounding forest part to create a passage leading far away.
“Ahead is the 神木宫; I have fulfilled my promise,” Dream Dragon says, its entire body transforming into萤光and dissipating. But before leaving, it leaves Jiang Wen with a sentence that makes him feel puzzled.
“Although I am not a麒麟, there are麒麟in the world. If you wish to see them, perhaps you will have a chance to meet again.”
Dream Dragon departs, and Jiang Wen looks at the road before him. Stepping onto the path covered with green grass, he walks towards the light in the distance.
When he walks out of that 神木林, he realizes that this 神木林is not actually that big. If not for the existence of Dream Dragon and the array, it wouldn't take long to walk out.
And the 神木宫is just outside this 神木林, a huge palace complex built of trees.
This palace is even larger than the 天火宫, and particularly noticeable is that towering tree.
How tall is that tree? It is several times larger than the locust tree of 静虚观. Its branches and leaves cover hundreds of miles, and the crown of the tree emits a crystal-clear luster. The blue leaves are like the sea, with waves following waves in the blowing wind.
If Jiang Wen had to use a word to describe this large tree, he would say that this tree is like a blue jellyfish, growing on this floating island.
“What a big tree!” the ginseng spirit exclaims. “茵茵can feel that it's in pain, it's in a lot of pain.”
“Are you saying this big tree is in pain?” Jiang Wen asks, looking at the ginseng spirit.
“Yes! The big tree is in so much pain. It's telling me it hurts all over,” the ginseng spirit says pitifully. “Let's hurry and save the big tree, or it will wither.”
Listening to the ginseng spirit's words, Jiang Wen gazes at this huge blue-leaved tree. His eyesight is naturally good, and he can see the slightest details on the tree even from eight hundred miles away.
He sees that in the center of the tree, there is a human-shaped object surrounded by branches, tightly bound to the tree.
“Could this person also be one of Pure Yang Zhenren's three corpses?” Jiang Wen wonders, but doesn't rush to investigate.
He already has some clues about the existence of the Pure Yang Cave Abode.
He rests in place, waiting for Chang音and Tiger to come out of the array. But after waiting for ten or so hours, he still doesn't see the two of them come out of 神木林.
Just as he is wondering if they are trapped in the array, he sees 神木林shake, and Chang音and Tiger flee out in a disheveled state.
“Finally broke the array!” Chang音 says loudly.
Her face is haggard, with wounds on her face. And Tiger's situation is similar to hers, with the fur that was originally long now appearing slightly bald.
“This old one is exhausted!” Tiger sighs. Seeing Jiang Wen not far away, it kicks its legs and runs over. “This old one won't follow this little brat anymore.”
“What happened?” Jiang Wen asks with a hint of curiosity.
“What else could have happened? If it weren't for this little brat, this old one would have broken out of this array long ago. Why suffer these hardships for nothing!” Tiger says indignantly.
Jiang Wen looks at Chang音, then at Tiger. After the two explain the situation, he learns that they encountered trouble in the array.
This Chang音claimed to understand the 神木林array, and ran around randomly in it. Who knew that the two of them would end up in an unfamiliar place, a place that Chang音didn't even know. As a result, the two of them were beaten up and chased all over the place by countless tree spirits. If it weren't for Tiger's bravery, the two of them would probably have been skinned and boned by that group of tree spirits.
“She said she knew everything like the back of her hand, but she entered an unfamiliar place and didn't even know how to get out. This old one really shouldn't have listened to her,” Tiger says regretfully.
“This, this can't be blamed on me! How would I know that the place where the wooden orbs were placed would actually give birth to a batch of tree spirits. Perhaps this array has been set up for too long, and it has all changed,” Chang音 says helplessly, finally taking out a cyan-colored treasure orb and placing it in her hand.
“But fortunately, we got our hands on this 神木珠, otherwise it would have been a big loss.”
“神木珠?” Jiang Wen looks at the cyan-colored treasure orb, takes it from Chang音's hand, and examines it carefully. Cyan mist is scattered within this wooden orb, and holding it in his hand, he feels a refreshing sensation coming from it. Endless vitality surges into his body, completely restoring the injuries he sustained from his一路鏖战.
“It really is magical,” Jiang Wen praises the wooden orb.
